One Mile Away

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This film follows the attempts of two young men from rival sides of a Birmingham gang conflict to broker a peace deal

In 2009, the director Penny Woolcock worked with real gang members on 1 Day,
a grime musical set on the streets of a Birmingham divided by postcode
warfare. She returns to the area with the admirable documentary One Mile
Away, which follows the attempts of two young men, Shabba and Dylan
Duffus, from rival sides of a simmering gang conflict, to broker a peace
deal.

Woolcock was instrumental in the two-year process. After Shabba approached her
it was through her that the two men met, realising that she had built enough
trust on both sides to help move Shabba’s peace